1. PRESENTATION ON
Success Stories in Local Climate Action
By
Sunil Pote
Dy City Engineer
Thane Municipal Corporation, India

2. Thane Municipal Corporation, Thane, India
 Area
128 Sq. Km.
 Location
Latitude 72o – 50 ‘ North
Longitude 19o – 10‘ East
 Weather
Typical Coastal sultry & not very
hot.
Thane
 Rainfall
Average 250 to 300 cm beginning
of June to end of September.
 Temperature
Average Min.16-240C Max. 32-370C
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3. Journey Towards Low Carbon City
 RE and EE measures in Municipal services initiated since year
2000.
 Policy intervention to promote solar energy at city level in the
year 2006.
 Solar water heating system made mandatory for all categories
of new buildings
 10% incentive in property tax to promote installation of solar
water heating system in existing residential buildings.
 Preparation of city level baseline GHG Emission Inventory and
sector wise Energy Status Report - supported by British High
commission & ICLEI, SA.
 City level climate protection policy.
 Active participation in solar city programme of Govt. of India.

4. Solar city programme & it's implementation in
Thane
 First Stakeholder meeting
 Data Collection, Discussion and Survey
 Data verification, analysis and emission profiling
 Draft Solar City Master plan prepared
 Draft Master plan discussed in second stakeholder meeting
 Draft Master plan finalized after incorporation of all suggestions
 MNRE, Govt. of India accorded approval to Solar City Master plan
 Solar City Master plan published on www.thanecity.gov.in
 Implementation

5. Objectives
• Min. 10% reduction in projected demand of conventional
energy at the end of five years i.e. 230 million electrical unit
saving .
• Financial outlay of 160 million USD
• Govt. of India financial support of 0.1 million USD for solar
city activities such as preparation of master plan & awareness
activities

6. Total Energy Consumption- BAU
Source Consumption Unit Consumption (MU)
Electricity 1224 MU 1259.67
LPG 20566.31 MT 299
Petrol 20630.05 kL 190
Diesel 18828.67 kL 214
Kerosene 25468 kL 256
CNG 73000 MT 266
SWH 3439 No. 4.39
Total 2489.06
The above table shows the Electricity consumption has the
total energy consumption from highest share in total energy
different sources in Thane for consumption in the city. Thereafter
the year 2007-08 comes the LPG, Kerosene and
Diesel & other fuels.
*Further details published on www.thanecity.gov.in

7. City GHG Emission
Citywide emissions Emissions from
in Thane city Municipal Sector

8. Community level Carbon emission Pattern
• All activities in Thane city
Pattern of GHG Emissions, Thane City, 2007-08
contributed to 14.11Million T
eCo2 (Year 2007-08)
14% 2%
• Per capita emission for Thane
40%
city - 1.15 T/ Year (2007-08)
• The municipal corporation
contributes about 2.88 % to
the total city level emissions.
33%
11%
Residential Commercial Industrial Transportation Waste

9. Initiatives of Thane City
 Street lighting - Energy Efficiency
 Energy Efficient Municipal Buildings
 Energy Efficient & CFC free air conditioning
 Water Supply - Energy Efficiency
 Waste to Energy
 Renewable Energy
 Amendments in Building Bye-Laws
 City Climate protection policy
 EE & RE measures at City level

10. Municipal Street lighting
• Use of Microprocessor based Almanac timers
for precisely switching ON/OFF street
lighting considering seasonal changes.
• Use of energy efficient HPSV lamps (more
than 130 lumen per Watt) and low loss ballast
Microprocessor Timer
• Use of energy efficient, optically well
designed streetlight fixtures.
• Pilot project of GSM based advanced street
light management system including energy
saving cum power conditioning features.
LED Lighting
• Use of Induction and LED street light fixtures
(50% energy saving)
• Overall Saving 30%
• Saving of 0.4 million USD per annum w.r.t.
baseline financial year 2000-01.
Induction Streetlight

11. Municipal Buildings
• Use of energy efficient tri band
phosphor T5 tube lights, LED Lights
CFL lamps, electronic ballast,
occupancy sensors.
• Improvement in power factor near to
unity by providing Automatic power
factor correction panels Automatic pf Control Panel
• Use of BEE five star rated ceiling fans
and air-conditioners
• Use of Variable Voltage Variable
Frequency Drive for water pumps.
• Use of Solar Water Heating System for
hospitals, residential quarters etc. BEE 5 Star rated AC
• 30 % savings in energy consumption.

12. Energy Efficiency in Indoor Sports lighting
 Case Study- Badminton Court lighting at Dadoji Konddev
Stadium
Before After
 Lighting level- 90 Lux  Lighting level- 300 Lux
 Electrical Load - 14 kW  Electrical Load - 7.6 kW
 Metal Halide ( 5000 Burning  T-5 Tube light fitting with
Hrs. Life) special reflectors having 94%
 Restart- takes time Reflectivity Index ( 15000
 More heat generated Burning Hrs. Life,
comparatively higher Life )
 Restart- Instant

13. Energy Efficient & CFC free Thermal Storage
Air Conditioning System for Auditorium
• Provision of thermal storage
system for shifting energy demand
to lean demand period i.e., 10 pm
to 6 am.
• Replacement of existing inefficient
compressors having specific
energy consumption of 1.8 kW/Ton
by energy efficient Screw
Compressors having efficiency 0.8
kW per Ton.
• Elimination of CFC based
refrigerant
• Demand side management- need
of the hour.
• Improved air-conditioning - as per
ASHRAE Standard

14. Energy Conservation in
Water Supply Sector
For 240 Mld
 Water and Energy Audit for Bulk as
well as Distribution network For 120 Mld 35.00 M
( New
HGL)
 Redesigning of Raw water Pumps for
reducing head by lowering the depth
of existing pipeline at Break
Pressure Tank.
 Energy savings about 33 %
 Lowering of head on Pure water pumps by redesigning the Pure
water Pipeline and the discharging point at M.B.R.
 Saving around 0.1 million USD p.a.
 System Automation with SCADA system from Raw water lifting up to
the distribution Reservoirs
 Improving System Efficiency and Water Balancing.

15. Energy Generation from MSW
Bio Methanation Plant
 Methane gas plant on Bio-degradable
waste Total capacity – 15 T
 Designed Gas production – 650 M3/day
 Gas used for Electricity generation Bio metanation Plant
 50 kVA Bio gas generator commissioned
 Electricity generation 810 units per day
 Electricity generated at load center
50 kVA Bio Gas Generator

16. Promotion and utilization of
Renewable Energy
• Amendments in Building permission rules
whereby provision of Solar assisted Water
Heating System made mandatory for all
category.
• Municipal corporation offers 10% rebate in
property tax, in case of existing residential
buildings providing Solar assisted Water
Heating System.
• As on date more than 2 million LPD Solar
assisted Water Heating Systems have been
commissioned in the Thane city.
• TMC has already commissioned 35550 LPD
solar water heating systems for municipal
hospitals & buildings. Also 76500 LPD SWH
system being commissioned.
• Solar street lighting , power packs, traffic
signals, blinkers, inverters

17. Solar Power Generation for Municipal Buildings
 50 kWp SPV installed at Main
Administrative building of TMC
 Annual generation of 65000 electrical
Units
 Green Power generated at load
center
 Uninterrupted quality power is
available for essential loads
 11 kWp SPV system at other Bldgs.
 136 kWp SPV system being installed.

18. Combination of Energy Efficiency & Solar Power
Generation
Case Study- Maternity Home (Anandibai Joshi hospital)
 Energy requirement reduced by
using BEE 5 star rated energy
efficient ceiling fans & T5 tube
lights
 30 % reduction in energy
requirement
 Solar water heating system installed for hot water requirement
 3 kWp solar PV system installed for power generation
 Annual power consumption of 33000 electrical units reduced to 11000
units
 Similar implementation at all other maternity homes , dispensaries &
administrative offices

19. Solar Air conditioning plant (160 T)
 Solar parabolic concentrators
(13.6 sq.m x184 nos) generates steam
 Steam fed to vapor absorption machine
to produce chill.
 Agro residue briquette fired boiler for
backup during non sunny days.
 Use of liquid desiccant technology for Solar Parabolas
removal of moisture , resulting in
reduction of heat load.
 Elimination of CFC based refrigerant.
 Saving in energy – 1 million Units per
annum
 Diesel fired boiler replaced by agro
residue briquette fired boiler. Vapor Absorption Machine

20. Way Forward.....
 Solar Roof Top Net Metering based power generation
project- 5MW capacity
 Green power generated and utilized at consumer end
 Transmission , Distribution & conversion losses minimized
 Surplus power exported to grid , Storage batteries are
eliminated
 Cost per unit generation is substantially reduced
 Cost per unit generation comparable with conventional
power
 Real solution for promoting solar energy in urban areas
 Interacting with power utility and electricity regulatory
commission for techno commercial aspects

21. Way Forward.....
 Municipal Street lighting energy efficiency project
 Investment grade audit of street lights done
 Potential of reduction of street lighting connected load
from 7 MW to 3 MW
 By replacement of existing conventional HPSV lights with
energy efficient Induction/LED lights.
 Identification and Implementation of projects funded by
European commission in collaboration with UN-Habitat
 Project titled - "Promoting Low Emission Urban Development
Strategies in the Emerging Economy Countries".
 Financial support of € 0.1 million

22. Way Forward.....
 Waste to Energy
 1000 TPD capacity Incineration based MSW treatment
plant
 Scientific processing of MSW as per National and
International environmental standards
 8 to 10 MW power generation expected
 230 million electrical units will be generated during next
5 years
 This alone will meet energy saving target of solar city
project
Ultimately we are aiming for carbon neutral Local
Self Governance

23. Thank you
Thane Municipal Corporation
Mahapalika Bhavan , Dr. Almeida Road , Panchpakhadi, Thane.
Ph.:- +91 (022) 2533 1590, +91 (022) 2533 1211, +91 (022) 2533 1747
Website : www.thanecity.gov.in